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when we borrowed money it sure wasn't at 1.5% like u.s. treasuries. sometimes our neighbors do get a bit of of hand but i think a drone strike might be a bit over the top, i don't know. if fairness my daughter did attempt a mitch mcconnell style filibuster but it didn't work out for her. she didn't get her way. you may not have noticed, but our families buy things on credit all the time, especially this time of year. plenty of families take on long-term debt for thing like, i don't know, a house, an education. in other words, investments for the future, hey, that does actually sound like something the federal government should do. businesses do borrow, too, so don't give me this nonsense about how for families and business owners the revenues and expenses have to add up every year. they don't. my family and many others have yet to pass a balanced budget amendment. finally, have a little creativi creativity. i know you're trying to break thuns down in a way regular folk can relate to, i get it, but every time i hear a politician or a pundit use this ti
when we borrowed money it sure wasn't at 1.5% like u.s. treasuries. sometimes our neighbors do get a bit of of hand but i think a drone strike might be a bit over the top, i don't know. if fairness my daughter did attempt a mitch mcconnell style filibuster but it didn't work out for her. she didn't get her way. you may not have noticed, but our families buy things on credit all the time, especially this time of year. plenty of families take on long-term debt for thing like, i don't know, a...
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both israel and the u.s. say the resolution violates agreements to solve issues through negotiations which broke down two years ago. on the heels of the recent violent clashes between gaza and israel is now the right time for this vote? >> well, it's a fate acomply that the vote is going to take place. it's been in the works for some time before -- really the bigger issue is how will the parties react after it? there's been a calm reaction to far. there should be one. they need to get back to the peace table. they need to get back to a negotiated process. because ultimately for the u.s., for israel and the palestinians, a resolution of this conflict through negotiation is the only way forward. and their leaders recognize that. so we're going to be looking at the day after to see how this really turns out. >> as we talk about the geography of all this, the resolution does not change the map. but it does open the way for the possibility of palestinians to join international bodies like the international crimina
both israel and the u.s. say the resolution violates agreements to solve issues through negotiations which broke down two years ago. on the heels of the recent violent clashes between gaza and israel is now the right time for this vote? >> well, it's a fate acomply that the vote is going to take place. it's been in the works for some time before -- really the bigger issue is how will the parties react after it? there's been a calm reaction to far. there should be one. they need to get...
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compare that number to the rest of the world, suddenly the u.s. economy is looking pretty damn good by comparison to other countries. >> it actually feels like the economy is gathering steam. these kind of revisions help you feel that way. sandy is an aberration in the unemployment numbers as brian said. essentially we look at housing, consumer spending. the economy is on a pretty good track. the question is whether we go over the cliff at the end. >> joe, i just will say, there's kind of an underlying sense that if we get the right deal -- and i think all of us sort of know what that includes, that we are kind of spring-loaded for serious growth. the consumers have already spoken in terms of holiday seals. i'm not saying 3.5% or 4%, but if we get a deal, there's optimism we'll see serious growth. >> what's the feeling in your world about whether we'll get a deal? i would say in my world in washington people are pretty pessimistic. seems like in your world they're more optimistic. >> we go by what the tape says. the tape yesterday was green. there
compare that number to the rest of the world, suddenly the u.s. economy is looking pretty damn good by comparison to other countries. >> it actually feels like the economy is gathering steam. these kind of revisions help you feel that way. sandy is an aberration in the unemployment numbers as brian said. essentially we look at housing, consumer spending. the economy is on a pretty good track. the question is whether we go over the cliff at the end. >> joe, i just will say, there's...
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whether the u.s. blindly backs israel or follows bibi netanyahu into a military conflict with iran i think that remains to be seen but i would say that the sanctions policies that we've seen the pressure policies some of the lack of flexibility in being able to negotiate has been driven by the influence of hawkish pro israel lobbies in congress and here in washington and that. you know for the u.s. and frankly for israel that is not a policy that is is beneficial to their interests at the end of the day we're faced with either a diplomatic resolution to this standoff or we see the escalating pressure the escalating antagonism that cannot survive indefinitely that eventually is going to reach a tipping point and whether it's deliberate or it's accidental we're going to end up in a war twenty two fifty five moscow time thanks for being with us the news that continues in full five minutes from now. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's
whether the u.s. blindly backs israel or follows bibi netanyahu into a military conflict with iran i think that remains to be seen but i would say that the sanctions policies that we've seen the pressure policies some of the lack of flexibility in being able to negotiate has been driven by the influence of hawkish pro israel lobbies in congress and here in washington and that. you know for the u.s. and frankly for israel that is not a policy that is is beneficial to their interests at the end...
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with hand decorated ornaments made by children living in u.s. bases around the world. we have spent months and months gathering beautiful ornaments. and the first lady says there are 54 trees and many need a child's touch. >> how nice. >> michael finney is here now and answers questions and this first one comes to us from ross h saying i was required to show my receipt and my bag was searched is it legal for a store to do this without probable cause? >> isn't that interesting? they do that now. it's like you, now, get here. can they do that? do you not have to legally show what you is in the bag. they can ask all they want. you don't have to show them. unless it's costco. they have in their agreement and you've said it will let you. costco you zront a choice. anywhere else, you can tell them no. the problem is that they're going to call police there because they're going to think you're ripping them off. police don't know laws. just show it to them, walk out. >> be done with it. >> yes. >> robin asked a good question. now that everybody is shopping i bought a purse fro
with hand decorated ornaments made by children living in u.s. bases around the world. we have spent months and months gathering beautiful ornaments. and the first lady says there are 54 trees and many need a child's touch. >> how nice. >> michael finney is here now and answers questions and this first one comes to us from ross h saying i was required to show my receipt and my bag was searched is it legal for a store to do this without probable cause? >> isn't that interesting?...
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are you surprised that you guys have to defend the u.s. taxpayer? not the u.s. government knocking on this door? >> i'm not surprised. it is not easy to come up, come forward and stand up and tell the truth. but it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: their case, set for trial later this year. >> drew griffin joins us now is there a chance davita just settles this case like the one they settled in texas and put all these allegations behind them, continue to do business with the government? >> the attorney for davita couldn't rule that out but insists this time they will fight the allegations, as for continuing to do business with the government, that is the bread and butter of davita's $7 billion business. davita needs the government, wolf, and will most likely do everything it can to make sure it has that contract in place to keep working. >> yet, even with all of the money at stake, drew, and so much fraud being alleged, here, why isn't the government's own lawyers taking up the case? is davita right in saying that is the case? >> where are the government's l
are you surprised that you guys have to defend the u.s. taxpayer? not the u.s. government knocking on this door? >> i'm not surprised. it is not easy to come up, come forward and stand up and tell the truth. but it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: their case, set for trial later this year. >> drew griffin joins us now is there a chance davita just settles this case like the one they settled in texas and put all these allegations behind them, continue to do business with...
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. >> the u.s. attorney did decline to prosecute the case, but says the decision should not be construed as a statement about the merits of the case. >> the u.s. department of justice simply doesn't have the people. >> reporter: pat burn says the short-staffed u.s. department of justice declines to join lawsuits all the time. instead allowing private citizens who hire private lawyers to essentially prosecute for the government. which brings us back to one doctor and one nurse who stand to make millions if those allegations of fraud are proven true. the biggest winners, though, in their lawsuit could be taxpayers. the u.s. government will recover the bulk of whatever they win. they and others like them are essentially the u.s. taxpayer's deputies in the fight against health care fraud. >> are you surprised that you guys have to defend the u.s. taxpayer? >> not the u.s. government? >> knocking on this door? >> i'm not surprised. it is not easy to come up -- come forward, and stand up and tell the trut
. >> the u.s. attorney did decline to prosecute the case, but says the decision should not be construed as a statement about the merits of the case. >> the u.s. department of justice simply doesn't have the people. >> reporter: pat burn says the short-staffed u.s. department of justice declines to join lawsuits all the time. instead allowing private citizens who hire private lawyers to essentially prosecute for the government. which brings us back to one doctor and one nurse...
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the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. at the time, she said it began as an anti-american protest, but she now says she was working off faulty intelligence. rice met with collins for 90 minutes today, but afterward the senator remained critical. >> i still have many questions that remain unanswered. i continue to be troubled by the fact that the u.n. ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of the contentious presidential election campaign by agreeing to go on the sunday shows to present the administration's position. >> sreenivasan: collins stopped short of joining other republican senators who have said they will oppose rice if she is nominated to be secretary of state. later, president obama again defended rice. he called her extraordinary, and cabinet members joined him in applause. a pair of suicide car bombers in syria blew themselves up today in a suburb of damascus. at least 34 people were killed. the twin explosions shattered buildings and left st
the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. at the time, she said it began as an anti-american protest, but she now says she was working off faulty intelligence. rice met with collins for 90 minutes today, but afterward the senator remained critical. >> i still have many questions that remain unanswered. i continue to be troubled by the fact that the u.n. ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of the contentious presidential election campaign by agreeing...
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they say the u.s. embassy is not threatened and diplomatic business will return to normal once the crowds thin. >>> security base where army private bradley manning was once held says he was not pressured to keep manning under a high-level lockup under constant watch. manning, accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks was tortured behind bars. he may take the stand in his own defense later this week. >>> first day of a whole new life for two lucky winners. they have this combination of winning numbers, two tickets sold in arizona and missouri will split the jaw-dropping jackpot. nearly $580 million. just outside of atlanta, no big celebrations there, right? >> reporter: no big celebrations here. not for me. not for you. i know you're there. had you won, you probably wouldn't be in today. we know the reason we're here in mapleton is because this is a gas station that actually sold a $116 million powerball ticket. but this jackpot far exceeds that at $588 million. the reason it got so high is
they say the u.s. embassy is not threatened and diplomatic business will return to normal once the crowds thin. >>> security base where army private bradley manning was once held says he was not pressured to keep manning under a high-level lockup under constant watch. manning, accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks was tortured behind bars. he may take the stand in his own defense later this week. >>> first day of a whole new life for two lucky winners. they have...
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with me are members from both sides of the aisle u.s. congressman lee tori, a republican from nebraska, and u.s. congressman jerry conley a democrat from nearby southern virginia. but first, i want to start with you. you told the omaha world herald this about republicans, we're screwed either way we have no leverage in these discussions. congressman, what did you mean by that? >> what i mean by that is that the president wants us to take a tax vote before he's willing to talk about anything else cutting or reforming, and republicans just aren't going to do that. so what he's doing is setting us up to be the fall people for going over the fiscal cliff. frankly, going over the fiscal cliff is a win for the president. so either way we're going to get it. >> but i don't see why that's true because -- first of all, the president has talked around what kind of cuts he wants to do in nondefense discretionary and about a third of a tral dollars in ten years of entitlements. he's talked along those lines. if he doesn't give you a definition and d
with me are members from both sides of the aisle u.s. congressman lee tori, a republican from nebraska, and u.s. congressman jerry conley a democrat from nearby southern virginia. but first, i want to start with you. you told the omaha world herald this about republicans, we're screwed either way we have no leverage in these discussions. congressman, what did you mean by that? >> what i mean by that is that the president wants us to take a tax vote before he's willing to talk about...
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we have terrorists in the u.s. here. one of them is a guy named oscar lopez ri varian ro who killed -- who killed my father, and he was granted clemency by the clintons and the deputy attorney general at the time. oscar tried to escape from prison twice. one time they had bombs, they had guns, they were ready to kill the guards. fine stein, one of her arguments is that these prisoners who are in prison now, these terrorists in the u.s., have never caused trouble, have never been an issue, and that's simply not true. they bring a huge danger to the american people, and there's no reason at in this point to let them, to let them out. james madison said in 1788 when they were ratifying the constitution in virginia, he warned about the encroachment of the executive branch over the rest of the, the rest of our congress. and now we're seeing more and more of that. the congress has said that we cannot do that, there's legislation written that says we cannot do this, however, it is still -- it's out there, and the way that it se
we have terrorists in the u.s. here. one of them is a guy named oscar lopez ri varian ro who killed -- who killed my father, and he was granted clemency by the clintons and the deputy attorney general at the time. oscar tried to escape from prison twice. one time they had bombs, they had guns, they were ready to kill the guards. fine stein, one of her arguments is that these prisoners who are in prison now, these terrorists in the u.s., have never caused trouble, have never been an issue, and...
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applause the president and his cabinet may be giving the u.s. united nations ambassador, susan rice a round of applause ... but republicans have concerns about the president's expected plan to nominate rice as the new secretary of state. questions were raised by g-o-p party members who are troubled by what rice said in the days after the deadly attack on the u-s consulate in benghazi, libya . rice told reporters then.. the attack was linked to a protest over an anti -islamic movie ... that turned out to be untrue. another issue ... republican concerns about what rice knew about requests from diplomats in security ahead of that attack. michael yaki the president is still putting his political capital behind we do not know if he is going to nominate her what is your take? >> my take is that he would like to nominate her but the gop is trying to pressure him on not need the nominating her. none of them are some of the our no. not going to not to nominate hr but you think that there is some possible political scheming. >> i think they would like joh
applause the president and his cabinet may be giving the u.s. united nations ambassador, susan rice a round of applause ... but republicans have concerns about the president's expected plan to nominate rice as the new secretary of state. questions were raised by g-o-p party members who are troubled by what rice said in the days after the deadly attack on the u-s consulate in benghazi, libya . rice told reporters then.. the attack was linked to a protest over an anti -islamic movie ... that...
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and you saw him during the 2012 u.s. campaign. he was campaign manager for the landslide reelection of california governor in 2006. before that a top political advice sor in the white house of george w. bush. he attended the university of delaware from 1988 to 1993. david plouffe crossed paths in schmidt in the late 1980's. he completed his political seasons degree and finned two years ago. he has completed two presidential bids. he was appointed as a senior advice sor to the president in the white house in 2011. he attended is the marks high school before serving in a wide viret of state and national political campaigns. i'm going to ask the two speakers this evening to speak and i had to decide who is going to go first and i decided to use a standard that anyone this this audience could mean and that is whoever has won the most recent presidential election gets to speak first. i think that's the fair enough thing to do so please welcome david plouffe and steve schmidt to the university of delaware. [applause] >> thank you for jo
and you saw him during the 2012 u.s. campaign. he was campaign manager for the landslide reelection of california governor in 2006. before that a top political advice sor in the white house of george w. bush. he attended the university of delaware from 1988 to 1993. david plouffe crossed paths in schmidt in the late 1980's. he completed his political seasons degree and finned two years ago. he has completed two presidential bids. he was appointed as a senior advice sor to the president in the...